A Complete Enough Archive of Matchstick Cats webcomics
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A Complete Enough Archive of Matchstick Cats webcomics
- Publication date
- 2004-04-05
- Topics
- cats, cat, pet, pets, funny, dialogue, stick, figure, funny,, furry, critters, feline, kitties, kitty, comic, webcomics, webcomic, humor, hmour, cats, cat, pet, pets, funny, dialogue, stick, figure, Irish wit and humor, Irish wit and humour, amateur humor, funny, comics, dialogue, pet humor, cat humor, cartoon, created in MS Paint, comic strips, comic strip
- Language
- English
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- Uploaded by Neal O'Carroll, creator and owner of Matchstick Cats comics.
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- 198.8M
START ANYWHERE! These comics can be read casually in any order or even not read at all. Matchstick Cats is a dialogue heavy humorous stick figure cat webcomic by vision impaired amateur humourist and long time podcaster (Into Your Head) Neal O'Carroll, (also known as Neal Ireland or Neal from Ireland)
Presented here are the later, better episodes, starting at number 500, All later episodes will be added soon. As of 2025 The comic is still ongoing at MatchstickCats.com
Originaly created in 2004, Matchstick Cats webcomic, like the podcast, has evolved slowly over the years and the early episodes are best forgotten. In the 2020s, it has had to adapt to accomadate it's creaters sight loss. More about that below.
Episode Titles for Matchtick Cats comics:
(It is suggested that new readers start at episode 500)
418: Re-emergence (first episode after a multi-year hiatus. The cats, who were previously on a glaring white background, were now inverted and placed onto a black backdrop due to sight loss). The template would be cleaned up over the next few dozen episodes.
March & April 2021 (originally posted to Facebook before website was set up during April)
419: `Philip with Two “L”s
420: Smell my Name
421: Something’s Changed
422: The Pink Panther Scandal
423: Multi-tasking in the Litter Tray
424: Where Kittens come From
425: Word Count
426: Before the Big Bang
427 The Truth about Fish Stocks
428: Baby Hitler
429: Cats in Cars
430: Judge Judy’s Stenographer
431: Arable Zoology
432: The Cornflake Woman
433: Tag-teaming the Dog
434: Doolittle’s Downfall
435: Rumpelstilskin
436: Best Laid Scams
437: McCauley’s Voice Broke
30 April 2021
438: Henry Ford and the Chicken Soldier
3 May 2021
439: The Religious Guy with the Hair
3 May 2021
440: How Australians see Trees
4 May 2021
441: Audience Ailments
5 May 2021
442: Revisiting Mother Teresa
6 May 2021
443: The Upstairs Bus Driver
8 May 2021
444: Breaking Cat
8 May 2021
445: Owl versus Superman
9 May 2021
446 – Nostradamus on Cat Evolution
10 May 2021
447: Remembering the Crash
11 May 2021
448: That 2D Stuff
16 May 2021
449: The Yeti
20 May 2021
450: Truth is your Faeces
21 May 2021
451: The Bee Keeper
22 May 2021
452: Turning Heads
22 May 2021
453: Litigation
23 May 2021
454: Dark Vadar
24 May 2021
455: Justin’s Right Eye
25 May 2021
456: The Oracled the Hunchback of Notre Dame
26 May 2021
457: Bootstraps
28 May 2021
458: Talking to Plato
29 May 2021
459: Where Puppets Come From
29 May 2021
460: Philip’s Sixteen Sons
31 May 2021
461: Let’s Get Tails
1 June 2021
462: Placebo Stationery
4 June 2021
463: Frankenstein versus Icarus
6 June 2021
464: The Toilet Attendent
7 June 2021
465: Cling Film Therapy
8 June 2021
466: Vaccines and Rashers
9 June 2021
467: Going Cartoonish
13 June 2021
468: Goldilocks and the Duplicat
16 June 2021
469: The Fallout Shelter
18 June 2021
470: Benedict Humperdinck
18 June 2021
471: Freddie Mercury’s Cat’s Lawyer
19 June 2021
472: Cooking for Neil Armstrong
19 June 2021
473: The Chess Game
20 June 2021
474: Zombie Dalai Lama
23 June 2021
475: Not Eating Woodstock
24 June 2021
476: Your own personal Professor Stephen Hawking
29 June 2021
477: Playing the Face
30 June 2021
478: The [redacted] about [redacted] at the [redacted]
2 July 2021
479: The Hovering Ambulance
5 July 2021
480: The Miracle of the Sun and the Third Eye
5 July 2021
481: The First Knife
6 July 2021
482: Archduke Ferdinand
7 July 2021
483: Character Development Masterclass
10 July 2021
484: De Rigueur
11 July 2021
485: The Fly Underpass
12 July 2021
486: Egregore
17 July 2021
487: Health and Safety
19 July 2021
488: Not Calcutta
19 July 2021
489: Not Grand Theft Auto
20 July 2021
490: The Polling Station
24 July 2021
491: Whizzer and Chips and Tobacco
24 July 2021
492: George Lucas is not god, Philip
25 July 2021
493: The Insider
26 July 2021
494: The Sky Walker
27 July 2021
495: Genetically Modified Crayfish
2 August 2021
496: Long Story Short
3 August 2021
497: Beggars can’t be Choosers
4 August 2021
498: Big Bird’s Setback
7 August 2021
499: The Sh*t is a Metaphor
8 August 2021
500: Belvis Plays Belvis
9 August 2021
501: What about Saturn?
10 August 2021
502: The New Thing
10 August 2021
503: The Stand-in
11 August 2021
504: The Oscar Schindler Challenge
14 August 2021
505: The Opposite of an Exorcist
14 August 2021
506: The False Alarm
16 August 2021
507: The Echo Chamber
17 August 2021
508: Philip’s Mojo
17 August 2021
509: Watching for Two
20 August 2021
510: The Ultimate Flight Simulator
21 August 2021
511: The Eggs Guy Thing
22 August 2021
512: Batman’s Question
23 August 2021
513: Just like Riding a Bike
26 August 2021
514: Reinventing the Arena
27 August 2021
515: Other People’s Moons
28 August 2021
516: The Self Own
29 August 2021
517: Tested on Animals
1 September 2021
518: Three Simultaneous Spidermans
2 September 2021
519: The Motion
4 September 2021
520: ABBAtoir
4 September 2021
521: The Style Guide
8 September 2021
522: The Fall Guys
9 September 2021
523: The Spoiler
9 September 2021
524: Borrowing a Mona Lisa
11 September 2021
525: Antique Time Machines
12 September 2021
526: The Attenborough Giraffe
13 September 2021
527: The Global Hallway
14 September 2021
528: The Developing Storyline
17 September 2021
529: Break Wind for “Yes”
19 September 2021
530: Loosening the Soil
20 September 2021
531: The Virologist
21 September 2021
532: Dead Horse Illusion
27 September 2021
533: Bear School
4 October 2021
534: The Data Centre
5 October 2021
535: Better Sell Caul
7 October 2021
536: The Antagonist
9 October 2021
537: The Frog Chorus
13 October 2021
538: The Talk
20 October 2021
539: Train Woman
27 October 2021
540: Futures in Office Furniture
29 October 2021
541: The Mask
30 October 2021
542: The Sylvestor McCoy Biopic
7 November 2021
543: The Arbychairer
14 November 2021
544: Walter Kittens
20 November 2021
545: Bathwater
21 November 2021
546: Cursing versus Swearing
28 November 2021
547: Cake and Crucifixion
1 December 2021
548: Creative Indifferences
3 December 2021
549: No, that was Ronald Reagan
12 December 2021
550: The Dissociative Episode
28 December 2021
551: Hairy New Year
31 December 2021
552: After Hairy
5 January 2022
553: The Agenda
13 January 2022
554: Nobody Checks
20 January 2022
555: The Pissantrist
22 January 2022
556: Dante Mashed the Buttons
27 January 2022
557: The Scab
30 January 2022
558: Hypothethenuse
3 February 2022
559: How to Cure Migraines
6 February 2022
560: Fist Fights and a Pig
11 February 2022
561: At Your Ten O’Clock
13 February 2022
562: The Heckle
17 February 2022
563: The Street Name
20 February 2022
564: The Buffer
25 February 2022
565: The Resignation
26 February 2022
566: I’ll Get Right on to Hertz
2 March 2022
567: The Perry Mason Drill
9 March 2022
568: World Wars III through V
12 March 2022
569: The Effigy
19 March 2022
570: Munching the Numbers
25 March 2022
571: Timmy got Stuck down the Well
28 March 2022
572: The Road to Hell
2 April 2022
573: Name Twelve Kardashians
5 April 2022
574: The Pet Elephant
12 April 2022
575: Last Supper Catering
16 April 2022
576: Gout Club
20 April 2022
577: The Blimp
30 April 2022
578: The Communal Crane
9 May 2022
579: The Scoop
16 May 2022
580: The Windbreak Giveaway
18 May 2022
581: The Second Horse
23 May 2022
582: They Travel in Flocks
1 June 2022
583 A Grounded Hog
19 June 2022
584: The Dog Delusion
25 June 2022
585: Leopardcy Masks
7 July 2022
586: Drowing in Milk
9 July 2022
587: Candy Floss Ration
13 July 2022
588: The Laurel and Hardy Solution
22 July 2022
589: Finding the Runt
24 July 2022
590: Vets with Paws
31 July 2022
591: Auntie Nature
12 August 2022
592: The Goldilocks Approach
3 September 2022
593: Neil deGrassi High
20 September 2022
594: The Dense Life
30 September 2022
596: Constructing the Batman
11 October 2022
597: Brain Price Index
16 October 2022
598: The Control Group
25 October 2022
599: Hunger Srikes
27 October 2022
Matchstick Cats 600: Fixing Philip’s Mom
31 October 2022
Matchstick Cats 601: Two Cats Walk into a Bar
6 November 2022
Matchstick Cats 602: The Hermit
12 November 2022
603: Matchstick Cats 603: Show that Dare not Speak it’s Name
13 November 2022
Matchstick Cats 604: Exactly the Moon
20 November 2022
Matchstick Cats 605: The Nacular
17 December 2022
Matchstick Cats 606: Christmas Spectacular 2022
24 December 2022
Matchstick Cats 607: Rock, Paper, Scissors
26 December 2022
Matchstick Cats 608: Bunk Baths (Patent Pending)
11 January 2023
Matchstick Cats 609: The Pet Peeve
21 January 2023
Matchstick Cats 610: The Therapy
27 January 2023
Matchstick Cats 611: The Super-Retainer
3 February 2023
Matchstick Cats 612: Whiskers News
5 February 2023
Matchstick Cats 613: Pancake Philosophy
12 February 2023
Matchstick Cats 614: The Situation
19 February 2023
Matchstick Cats 615: The Drawing Board
3 March 2023
Matchstick Cats 616: The Angela Lansbury Question
6 March 2023
Matchstick Cats 617: Adhesivity
9 April 2023
Matchstick Cats 618: The Mistake
16 April 2023
Matchstick Cats 619: They’re Picturing us Naked
22 April 2023
Matchstick Cats 620: The Change
5 May 2023
Matchstick Cats 621: Burning Carpet
13 May 2023
Matchstick Cats 622: Russian Roulette Table
22 May 2023
Matchstick Cats 623: The Dog Anecdote
27 May 2023
Matchstick Cats 624: Our Flightless Brethren
2 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 625: The Elephant Strike
7 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 626: About the Reader
10 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 627: Why Dilbert got Cancelled
12 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 628: All Owl, All the Time
17 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 629: The Free Lunch
23 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 630: The Virus
26 June 2023
Matchstick Cats 631: William H Macey on a Drinking Straw
1 July 2023
Matchstick Cats 632: The Finishing School
10 July 2023
Matchstick Cats 633: The Down Time
16 July 2023
Matchstick Cats 634: Bidet Zombie Ghostbuster
22 July 2023
Matchstick Cats 635: How to eat your own head
29 July 2023
Matchstick Cats 636: Patreon Saint of Birds
1 August 2023
Matchstick Cats 637: Return of the Spoiler Police
7 August 2023
Matchstick Cats 638: The Curiosity
14 August 2023
Matchstick Cats 639: Divers, Climbers and Astronauts
24 August 2023
Matchstick Cats 640: The Phenomenon
3 September 2023
Matchstick Cats 641: The Yawning
4 September 2023
Matchstick Cats 642: The Brouhaha
7 September 2023
Matchstick Cats 643: Life on Death Row
11 September 2023
Matchstick Cats 644: The Ear Worm
14 December 2023
Matchstick Cats 645: Superman’s Diet
28 January 2024
Matchstick Cats 646: Naming the Shrew
9 February 2024
Matchstick Cats 647: The True Back of a Dog
18 February 2024
Matchstick Cats 648: The Other Half
10 July 2024
Matchstick Cats 649: The Bot
15 July 2024
Matchstick Cats 650: The Triggering
18 July 2024
Matchstick Cats 651: Follicle Mass
19 July 2024
Matchstick Cats 652: Planet of the Crowbars
27 July 2024
Matchstick Cats 653: Artificial Unintelligence
5 August 2024
Matchstick Cats 654: Albatross
4 September 2024
Matchstick Cats 655: Scent
5 September 2024
Matchstick Cats 656: Trust
6 September 2024
Matchstick Cats 657: Ozzie
12 September 2024
Matchstick Cats 658: How to Hide a Superman
13 September 2024
Matchstick Cats 659: Reset
15 September 2024
Matchstick Cats 660: The Roger Taylor Problem
4 October 2024
Matchstick Cats 661: Indulgence
5 October 2024
Matchstick Cats 662: Mutiny
28 October 2024
Matchstick Cats 663: Bubble
12 November 2024
Matchstick Cats 664: Mandela Effect
17 November 2024
Matchsick Cats 665: Throwing a Woke
20 November 2024
Matchstick Cats 666: The Good Point
14 December 2024
Matchstick Cats 667: Tomorrow
31 December 2024
Matchstick Cats 668: Day Trader
9 January 2025
Matchstick Cats 669: Angelus
1 February 2025
Matchstick Cats 670: Understaff
4 February 2025
Matchstick Cats 671: Improv
14 February 2025
Matchstick Cats 672: Waiting for Gomphotheriidae
28 February 2025
Matchstick Cats 673: Cat Names Thesaurus
14 March 2025
Matchstick Cats 674: Rainy Day Retort
23 March 2025
Matchstick Cats 675: The Composite Character
23 April 2025
Matchstick Cats 676: Old Habits
26 April 2025
Matchstick Cats 677: The Imaginary Friend
28 April 2025
Matchstick Cats 678: A Post Runt Society
29 April 2025
29 April 2025
Matchstick Cats 679: Impulse
8 May 2025
8 May 2025
Matchstick Cats 680: Type Oh
10 May 2025
10 May 2025
(more to follow)
FROM THE MATCHSTICK CATS WEBSITE (MatchstickCats.com or IntoYourHead.ie )
About Matchstick Cats
Since 2003 Irish amateur humourist, sage, socially awkward cat obsessive and later cat owner Neal O’Carroll has honed the art of starting comedic writings with no idea how the first sentence will end, never mind what he will say.
From an early age (27) O’Carroll was starting sentences with “Two Cats walk into a Bar” more frequently than his peers. (Some early results a can be seen in the Writings section)
Starting in 2004 with nonsense humour column Neal’s Belch on the original NewsBurp.com* humour site, he soon adapted the method to writing simple, dialogue-heavy stick figure webcomics to accompany his writings. Originally with the short-lived Matchstick Meditations, consisting of a matchstick man talking nonsense to the camera.
By the end of the year this had evolved into Matchstick Cats, And the rest is similarly uninteresting.
By 2006, Neal was using the same method to create improvised comedy molologues on his Into Your Head podcast, which has since clocked up eight hundred episodes. The last couple of hundred are quite listenable. Meanwhile, he made an apparently disposable solemn promise to himself never to write his own “About” page in the third person.
In 2020, having not used a computer in almost four years, O’Carroll returned with a reboot of Matchstick Cats, among other things converting the cats from their origianal black outlines on a white “page” to white outlines on a black backdrop, so that he could see the frigging thing.
Matchstick Cats’ comeback inspired O’Carroll’s subsequent revival of comedy podcast Into Your Head in November 2023: About Into Your Head podcast
About Matchstick Cats Comics, MS Paint, Accessibility, Matchstick Cats and the Redesign
Image of Philip the Matchstick Cat, peeking up from behind the bottom line of the frame.
Windows Paint LOL?
Yes. Well, Windows Paint 3D, actually. I’m no luddite. And now on a Mac Mini using Windows booted up in Parallels, installed for no other purpose than to run Paint. MS Paint has served me well.
I got to grips with it before progressive sight loss made it very difficult to learn anything new. Not that I’d want to. Windows Paint 3D forever.
The Reboot and RP-friendly Accessibility
The cats were on a glaring white background until progressive sight loss got in the way. In my case Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) causes severe intolerance of white backdrops, bright images and the first 416 episodes of Matchstick Cats. Also sunlight, sunglasses, artificial light, darkness and cyclists. In fact I stopped using my PC entirely for almost four years. Don’t worry, the rest of this page is fun.
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